A Vision Poem by Tolu Akinwole

A Vision



Like a sudden appearance of death,
The image intrudes on my vision,
Trampling underfoot every obstructing thought
Like a hurt man bent on revenge,
It reminds me of my offence
And brings to light my sins.

I feel the touch of conscience -
It's as a sharp needle thrust into a balloon -
For the time of forgetfulness,
Of favours so big, but soon forgotten.

The vision -
A painting of all my sins,
All results of forgetfulness
Lingers on in my mind.

The thief must be executed,
The killer must be killed,
But what heppens to the forgetful?
That is the thrust of my vision,
It's as a sharp needle thrust into a balloon.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Joseph Poewhit 08 September 2008

Poem brings forth undertones of anger

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Ashraful Musaddeq 11 September 2008

Some sort of anger is there, bloomed nicely.

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Micheal Udenyi 12 September 2008

========= a very nice poem===== killing others for same crimes you commit often =================conscience is the judgge ================kip it up=======================

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Olumide Ayodele 29 October 2009

sometimes people's poems seem like shadows.well, this is one shadow that touches and grasp.nice piece.

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Rachel Butler 11 October 2009

A painting of all my sins Rachel Ann Butler

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Edward Kofi Louis 12 December 2008

A very nice piece of work.Keep it up that we may also learn from you.Thank you very much. Edward Kofi Louis.

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Kayode Peter Ogunleye 18 September 2008

quit cool, sound nice keep it up.

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Colin Jeffery 16 September 2008

A deeply moving poem. brilliant

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